The temperature on June 28, 1890 was about 18.6 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 61%. Source: KNMI
March 4 » The longest bridge in Great Britain, the Forth Bridge in Scotland, measuring 1,710 feet (520m) long, is opened by the Duke of Rothesay, later King Edward VII.
April 14 » The Pan-American Union is founded by the First International Conference of American States in Washington, D.C.
July 1 » Canada and Bermuda are linked by telegraph cable.
July 3 » Idaho is admitted as the 43rd U.S. state.
July 27 » Vincent van Gogh shoots himself and dies two days later.
September 12 » Salisbury, Rhodesia, is founded.
Day of marriage September 3, 1919
The temperature on September 3, 1919 was between 10.4 °C and 24.8 °C and averaged 17.5 °C. There was 9.8 hours of sunshine (72%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
January 7 » Montenegrin guerrilla fighters rebel against the planned annexation of Montenegro by Serbia, but fail.
January 21 » A revolutionary Irish parliament is founded and declares the independence of the Irish Republic. One of the first engagements of the Irish War of Independence takes place.
January 31 » The Battle of George Square takes place in Glasgow, Scotland, during a campaign for shorter working hours.
March 2 » The first Communist International meets in Moscow.
March 23 » In Milan, Italy, Benito Mussolini founds his Fascist political movement.
August 11 » Germany's Weimar Constitution is signed into law.
Day of death November 6, 1959
The temperature on November 6, 1959 was between -1 °C and 3.0 °C and averaged 1.3 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
February 9 » The R-7 Semyorka, the first intercontinental ballistic missile, becomes operational at Plesetsk, USSR.
July 29 » First United States Congress elections in Hawaii as a state of the Union.
September 16 » The first successful photocopier, the Xerox 914, is introduced in a demonstration on live television from New York City.
October 2 » Rod Serling's anthology series The Twilight Zone premieres on CBS. The first episode is “Where Is Everybody?”
October 21 » President Eisenhower approves the transfer of all US Army space-related activities to NASA, including most of the Army Ballistic Missile Agency.
December 13 » Archbishop Makarios III becomes the first President of Cyprus.
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